On Mar 12, the US-Bangla Airlines plane crashed as it tried to land at the Tribhuvan International Airport in the Nepali capital, killing 49 people.

The Bombardier Dash 8-Q400 aircraft was carrying 71 people.

US-Bangla spokesperson Kamrul Islam told bdnews24.com, “The Nepali authorities have informed us that they are yet to identify the bodies of Alifuzzaman, Pias Roy and Mohammad Nazrul Islam.”

A Bangladesh Air Force plane will transport the bodies to Dhaka.

Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director Alamgir Kabir told bdnews24.com on Sunday the aircraft is expected to land at Dhaka’s Shahjalal International Airport at 4pm on Monday and that relatives have been asked to be there.

Earlier in the day, ISPR Assistant Director Muhammad Reza-Ul Karim Shammee said that the plane will land at the Bangabandu Air Base in Dhaka’s Kurmitola.

Ijaj Ahmed Milon, whose friend Faruk Hossain Priok died in the crash, told bdnews24.com then, “We have been told to be at the air force base in Kurmitola in the afternoon. The army will hand over the bodies.”

US-Bangla official Kamrul said they will send one of their aircraft to Kathmandu on Monday to fly back the victims’ relatives, who had travelled to Nepal after the crash.

“The relatives will be taken to the Bangladesh Army Stadium (from the Dhaka airport), where the bodies will be handed over,” said the general manager of the airline’s public relations.